Biography
John Arnold (1889–1964) was an American cinematographer. He began his career in 1914 and, over the following 15 years, photographed 86 films, many for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His credits include The Big Parade (1925), The Wind (1928), Show People (1928), The Broadway Melody (1929) and The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929).
From 1931 until his retirement in 1956 he headed MGM's camera department. He served multiple terms as president of the American Society of Cinematographers (1931–1937 and 1939–1941) and received two Academy Technical Achievement Awards, in 1938 and 1940, for innovations in camera equipment.
